Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 21:39:26 -0500 From: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net> To: patl@phoenix.volant.org, "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> Cc: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, FreeBSD-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Two Y chromosomes [ Was: Java-based Crypto Decoder Ring ...] Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19981006213926.006e987c@207.227.119.2> In-Reply-To: <ML-3.3.907703202.1183.patl@asimov> References: <19981006045145.26603@futuresouth.com>
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At 12:46 PM 10/6/98 -0700, patl@phoenix.volant.org wrote: >> Two Y chromosones? >> I'm going to hope you meant to X's, else I shall have to REALLY dig and >> find my old high school bio book and try to remember the various problems >> slightly more pressing than logging into your computer that come up... > >Actually, there are some -very- rare individuals who have two Y >chromosomes. But they also have an X chromosome. And there are >some equally rare folks with two Xes and a Y. IIRC, there are >no obvious physical signs; but such folk tend to be subject to >various extremes of anti-social and violent behavour. XY - male XX - female XYY - indiscernable mutants - male stigmata XXY - sab (not sure if still "male") Makes me think of Alien 3 when you mention behavior, correcting the typo. Fiorina prison - Some nice people there, even if they are inclined to kill you. Jeff Mountin - Unix Systems TCP/IP networking jeff@mountin.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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